I Discovered A Colleague Lied On Her LinkedIn — Should I Out Her? | HuffPost Life

I was recently perusing LinkedIn when I noticed a post written by a former workmate. She wrote a long-winded essay thanking the people who have always been supportive members of the media community ― and hoping that she has always been “one of these people.” I gasped. This woman ruined my life ― at least my early career life. She was the reason I collected unemployment in my mid-20s. Because of her actions, I was laid off as an editor and couldn’t afford to move out of my parents’ apartment. I had to take on any freelance assignment that came my way, even a gig with Soap Opera Hairstyles magazine writing about how Susan Lucci got her voluminous waves. My entire personal and professional life was sent spiraling because this individual felt threatened by me. Even worse than including herself today in a group of “people who crusade for others” is the fact that numerous comments on her post were filled with heart emojis, cheers and platitudes. Had she simply forgotten how she marched into our boss’s office 30 years ago and announced that axing me might be a great way to trim the budget? I still wince at the
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